get going
verb
1 get going
Begin or set in motion.
synonyms: go, start.
Roget 266:
travel,
journey,
course;
take a journey,
go a journey;
take a walk,
go out for walk
etc.
n.;
have a run;
take the air.
flit,
take wing;
migrate,
emigrate;
trek;
rove,
prowl,
roam,
range,
patrol,
pace up and down,
traverse;
scour the country,
traverse the country;
peragrate†;
circumambulate,
perambulate;
nomadize†,
wander,
ramble,
stroll,
saunter,
hover,
go one's rounds,
straggle;
gad,
gad about;
expatiate.
walk,
march,
step,
tread,
pace,
plod,
wend,
go by shank's mare;
promenade;
trudge,
tramp;
stalk,
stride,
straddle,
strut,
foot it,
hoof it,
stump,
bundle,
bowl along,
toddle;
paddle;
tread a path.
take horse,
ride,
drive,
trot,
amble,
canter,
prance,
fisk†,
frisk,
caracoler†,
caracole;
gallop
etc.
(move quickly)
274.
[start riding]
embark,
board,
set out,
hit the road,
get going,
get underway.
peg on,
jog on,
wag on,
shuffle on;
stir one's stumps;
bend one's steps,
bend one's course;
make one's way,
find one's way,
wend one's way,
pick one's way,
pick one's way,
thread one's way,
plow one's way;
slide,
glide,
coast,
skim,
skate;
march in procession,
file on,
defile.
go to,
repair to,
resort to,
hie to,
betake oneself to.
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2 get going
Moby thesaurus: attack, be off, beat it, begone, break in, bundle, bustle, chase, clear out, crowd, dash, dash off, dash on, dive into, double-time, enter on, enter upon, fall to, festinate, flake off, get, get busy, get cracking, get in there, get lost, get moving, get off, get out, get squared away, get under way, get with it, git, go to it, hasten, hit the road, hop to it, hurry, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hustle, jump to it, launch into, leap, light into, lose no time, make a beginning, make a move, make haste, make yourself scarce, move quickly, pitch in, pitch into, plunge, plunge into, post, press on, push on, race, run, rush, rush through, sail into, scamper, scram, scramble, scurry, scuttle, set a course, set about, set at, set to, set to work, shove off, spurt, start in, start up, tackle, take on, tear, turn to, undertake, vamoose, wade into, warm up ... show more.
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